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Easy Women Smoking Loose Cigarettes
Signature TheatreFeb. 18 – Mar. 29 Firecracker play that takes the dysfunction, puts it back in the family, then gives it a hilarious - and subversive - stir.
Gun & Powder
Signature TheatreJan. 28 – Feb. 23 Two light-skinned African-American women who passed themselves as White to become notorious outlaws in the Wild West.
Matthew Bourne's New Adventures: Swan Lake
The Kennedy CenterJan. 21 – 26 Matthew Bourne brings his breakout international hit to the Kennedy Center for the first time.
Washington Performing Arts: Budapest Festival Orchestra
StrathmoreFri. Feb 21 Under the baton of former NSO principal conductor Iván Fischer.
Manual Cinema: No Blue Memories, The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks
StrathmoreFri. Jan 24 Manual Cinema tells her story through shadow puppetry, silhouetted actors, and live music.
National Archives Sleepover
National ArchivesSat. Feb 1 A night of adventure awaits at the National Archives!
The National Ballet of Canada: The Sleeping Beauty
The Kennedy CenterJan. 30 – Feb. 2 A colorful pageant danced to Tchaikovsky’s gorgeous music.
Maz Jobrani
The Kennedy CenterFri. Jan 31 Iranian American comedian and actor Maz Jobrani returns to the Kennedy Center.
Juan de Marcos and the Afro-Cuban All Stars
StrathmoreFri. Jan 31 Devoted to promoting the complete story of Cuban music.
Becoming Jane
National GeographicThru Jun. 1 Explore Dr. Goodall’s early years through iconic images and a multiscreen experience and venture on a 3D exploration of Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park where she did her famous behavioral research on chimps.
Shanghai Chinese Orchestra (part of Lunar New Year Celebration)
The Kennedy CenterWed. Jan 22 Grammy Award®–winning artist Tang Muhai returns to the Kennedy Center to conduct the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra.
My Fair Lady
The Kennedy CenterJan. 18 – 19 From Lincoln Center Theater comes “a sumptuous new production of the most perfect musical of all time” (Entertainment Weekly)
Spotlights
Riffs and Relations: Terrance Hayes
The Phillips CollectionThu. Apr 23
Live Dangerously
National Museum of Women in the ArtsThru Jan. 20
NSO: Dvořák's Cello Concerto
The Kennedy CenterFeb. 6 – 9
Motherhood Redux: Camille Dungy, Tina Chang, and Beth Ann Fennelly
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Mar 11
Washington Performing Arts: Kinan Azmeh CityBand
Sixth & ISat. Feb 8
National Philharmonic: Jupiter Symphony/Orli Shaham
StrathmoreJan. 18 – 19
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
Folger TheatreMon. Jan 27
Broadway Center Stage: Next to Normal
The Kennedy CenterJan. 29 – Feb. 2
Judy Chicago—The End: A Meditation on Death and Extinction
National Museum of Women in the ArtsThru Jan. 20
Not Just Another Day Off
Folger TheatreMon. Jan 20
Washington Performing Arts: Anne-Sophie Mutter
The Kennedy CenterSat. Feb 1
NSO Pops: Megan Hilty and Cheyenne Jackson
The Kennedy CenterFeb. 13 – 15
